Nix — #6415 US boys' name
85 babies named Nix in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
68% of everyone ever named Nix was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nix in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nix
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Nix between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nix currently holds the #6415 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Nix is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nix performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nix shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nix in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nix in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 85 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nix at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nix popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #6415 among boys.
85 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 17 births in a single year.
Nix popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Nix as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nix accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nix by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 58 births that decade — 68% of Nix's all-time total
Nix decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nix's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Nix by state
Where Nix concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 5.9% |
5 of 85 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.